Veneer box and panel for making the same



April 9, 1929. A. ELMENDQRF 1,708,669

VENEER BQX VAND PANEL FOR MAKING THE SAIE Filed Nov.3o, 1925 v 2sheets-sheet 1 lill/alivia Zn'zfezz to 71 .j M

April 9, 1929. A. ELMENDORF 1,708,669

VENEER BOX AND PANEL FOR NAKINGr THE SAIE Filed Nov. 30, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 2 M LL Pei.'erited Apr. 9, 1922.

. ity of separate side'panels. Y

.PATENT OFFICE.

ARMIN llLMElbl'DORF, 0F CHICAGO, I-LLINIS.

Vennen Box Ann rennt FORMAKING THE SAME.

Application led November 3),V 1925. i Serial No. 72,087.

It is V,at present commonrpractice to make boXes, adapted to serve asshipping contain-V ers, out of thin sheets of wood,- suoh as woodveneer; the four'side walls being bound together by hoops of wire. MEachside wall of such a boX must be made either .of a single sheet or ofseveral sheets whose vcombined widthsV will be equal to the width of-thewall ,g thus using up the workmans time in selecting the thin boards orsheets and fitting or trying themuntil the proper combination isobtained. f

rrrThe object of the present inventionis to make the side walls of aveneer boi;V from a single continuous sheet instead of a plural- Y. Afurther object of `he present invention is to build a veneer boxwiarsides composed of a singlecontinuous panel made frompieces selectedlhapha-Zardlyv and. without. regard Y to width; thereby,permittingV theutilization of. materials that. have heretofore beenV wasted, and at the:saine time reducing the labor cost in Aassen'ibling for widths.

. The ordinary .wire-bound :boxes as heretofore made, withsingle-plywails, have open jointsat thecorners andbetween the meetingedge'sof the sheets 'or strips ofveneer; and, 'wherever there may happento be a knot hole, there isof course anopening through thevwall of thebox. A. still further vobject of the present invention is to produce aVcheap and simplewirefboundbox'out of waste or low grade material thatmay be split ory con-v tain knot holes; withoutleaving any openvingsofan objectionable size through the "Nails of the box. Y

in carryingoutiny invention, l lform the Vveneer into .a panel, vwiththe grain extending` diagonally of oneof the major axes of thepanel. Thepanel is then bent along lines parallel .with Ysuch ailes. If the graineX- .tended in the direction of` ther lines along which the panel istobe bent,'the wood would splitv at 'thebends y-Onthe other hand, if'

theA Grain extended right vangles to Vthe lines on which the Abendsv aremade, the' fibres Y Vwould breakso as to leave corners thatwouldbe-rough,fvery weak, and containing openings or'cracks. However, as theline on which abend is made recedes from either of the two extremeconditions just mentioned, the aforesaid objections become lesspronounced. I have found that the best results `-are*obtained when thebend is made along a vlineat. anangleof inthe neighborhood of .to edge.

neer lies in a pluralityof layers, the grain in oneor more of the layersshould cross that in' another-layer at an angle Vof aboutforty degrees,sothat the bends may be made along hnes bisecting this angle, causingeach corner to he at an angle approximately twentv degreesto the grainin each layer. u

T he various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularitv in the claims; but,for a-full understanding of my invention and of its objects andadvantages, reference may be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is an elevation of a fragment of a Apanel composed of a singlelayer of veneer composed of strips laid edge to edge; Fig. 21s a viewsimilar to Fig. l showing a twoply panel, a part of the front ply-orlayer being broken away; Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. l, eachshowing a fragment of a panel anda different way of fastening the stripstogether; Fig.l 5 is a view similar to Figs. l to 4, showing a coveringelement-.for the fastening means, whereby a smooth continuous face maybeobtained on one side of the panel; Fig. 6 is a section, on anenlargedscale, showing a fragment of the panel illustrat-ed in Fig. 7 is asection on au enfil scale, along a line at right angles to the line onwhich a bendis to be made, showing the nntnner. in which the panel isprepared before making the bend; Fig. 8 shows the .panel of 7, after thebend has been made; 9 is a top plan View of one corner .of a box madefrom one of my improved panels; Figs; l0, l1 and lQare vertical sectionsthrough the topA of a box, at one side thereof, showingjthree differentways of reinforcing the box; Fig. l?) is a persepective View of a metaltie having self-contained fastening means,` to be employed either-'forfastening the strips of a panel together orfor reinforcing a box at theends; and Fig.Y 14

`is a perspective View of a box made from one of my improved panels.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, l, l represent a series of stripsor narrow sheet-s of veneer or other fibrous material laid edge Thegrain is assumed to extend in the general direction'of the length ofeach strip ory sheet so -that,=.when lthe material Kis laidwi'th itslong edges at an 'angle'ofit Yabout Y seventy degrees to one of thelongedges A of' the panel to be formedltherefronnkthe.grain.

willhe at that angle to'oneo't-he major axes 'of thefpanel land Vatl-an.angle oit-twenty ele-.j

Vgrees tothe other major axes. may be fastened togetherjm' smtableway:

Ther Astrips ln the arrangement shown, they ,are seWed too'ether' asindicated' b i the broken lines- 2 i 2 that? eXtend-parallel withthelong/edges of `made of two layers,

series in any suitable Way as, Vfor exam-ple,

vby means of. rows. or stitching' 2, '2L TheV stitching. .need not be inrows, 'butmayextend in anyV desiredy lashionover the .entireorfanyfpartoff tl 1e.s unr"ac :`e'oil the panel." Such -anmarangement 1sshown'infFigl 3, 11n' which the broken Vlines 5 representthe stitching.i f

` -.ln'Fi'g.t I have illustrated' what. believeV to. be lth'e'mostpractical fastening means).

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insteadof stitching theuveneer, Ii'lay fine Wires 6 upon the stripsorfsheets, the Wires extending. parallely with thellong edges of thepanel. VThese Wiresare t-henfsecured in place by means ofnumeroussmallstaples? spaced only aV short distance 'apart from eachother.y I. am enabledgto usefa muchllight'er Wirethan.

that vreq'Lui-red for theY ordinary mivire-.bound ve'iyest'othe yWallsland-corners ofthe bokA an inherent strei'igth not possessed by similarWalls in .'Wliicli.v the grain lies parallel to-the y eo "d I thejoints'betwee'n the stripsinone `plybe comers;

rIn some instances vit isdesirable to have a'panel or the Walls ofaboxpresen'ta smooth ia'ceor faces vto 'receiveprinting or the like. Insuehfcases, asheet of paper or othertleri# bleinaterial, such as`indicated at 8 in 5 maybe; cemented to that face of the panelacrosswhic'h the wiresV extendf; -Thev Wires "and th'esta'ples are small'and therefore When i thepaper' isapplied and subjected jto a con-"siderablepressure,'the Wires Will bepressed i .l 'l down 4"intofthfeVeneeljfas best shown in Fig.

' Y6', 'leaving the surface 'of lthe,finished Vpanel V substantiallysmoothl lt-Will be seen' that when a panelis made ofafpluralityloffplys, with 'thestripsinv Y'one ply crossing" those in the'other,notonlyfivil'l i :substantially cle-sed by the stripsintheotherjply,but. knotl holes and'cracls Willlbe simi-Y larly vcovered; thuspermitting .thef hsesoi" V'fstoek :that- .Wouldf ordinarily beunsuitable for box making@ Again, since the width oi'k anyparticu-larstrip.or groupofstrips-is not .reqni-reclto bear any definiterelation to 'the' Widthothe side. O a box or the vlilze,'theV lstrips'ornarrow sheets, in assembling themYV in a' panehinay be picked-.up atrandom and Without regardto their Widths. Y Y' Y v Beiorebendfifng oneof my improved panels, prefer Yto crease it, by pressing a bar or othermember having.. a .rounded edge heavily against .thesarne at each.'liiiefalongwhicli.

.a bend is to bemadewhile the panel is being solidly-supported i'ro-m'the other side.`

In Fig@ `l2 have shown a fragment of a twee'.

plyipanel prepared. Jfor bending; It Willb'e seen 'Ithatone flaceet thepanel vis iiatwhile: the other vhas a rounded grooveorfdepression. 9formedtherein-'Whenthepanel; is bent along` the line of' thegroone,Withthe groovel on. the. inner :sidev of :the angle', aiconL-.

.dition is'brought about-asl shoWninFig. 8';

the corner being` slightly roundedonthe outs1de=and .the oppositesidestoi-thegroove lbe-Y ving.'brought elose. together seas to 'snbstanson the outer side.

When a'boXf,say a-rectangular box,isEtobeY formed, a paneli'scut ofthe'proper WidthV andA oty a length somewhat greater :thanltheoireumfereneeof the bein' The lines-of de.-Y pression aref-then formedat the lproper points, and theff'panelis/bentintofthe form f' of f ashell, preferably! Wit-h the "meetingI ends overlapping-atom corner, as:shown in Fig.

14. Infthe'top andbottomzofthebshell there Will'beplaeed suitableheadsor ends of any desired 'lirlrdaV In thearrangement showneachheadeonsis'tslof Va reinforcing frame '-thatmay'be the-f cleatsthatV are ordinarily used: 'for thisfpnfrpose, and a-board .or 'panel lli located on `'the inner side of the frame.4

The sides YofV thej-.boXf-maybe`- nailed tov the heads suchnailsbeingshown atlQ in Figi 9.

The raw' edge Athat Would-otherwisebeleft on that end 'of the panelthatoverlaps` thel other end may be :avoided byl pasting or glu'- y'ingvatape of paper" or cloth 13"acros`s-the lll) exposededgeo1C theypanel, asshownin Fig,'9.

Y Iii desir-edi, the top and 'bottomedgesof the sides 'of the boxmaybecoiferedby' a1 tape of paper, clot-hor other flexible material-laidVupon each of these edges fandj folded vdown along each side of thepanel-,fsucha tapebeingshown at 14 in Fig-'1L 'Stapl'es 15 or nails mayhef-driven through-the tapedy portions into the cleats-orfra'mesbfi InFigJO there is shown another Way of finishing anderem-forcingthe y-topand betteln fthere `beirig 1arnetal Vband 16" extendingr around? theboXatltheltop andAA the bottom andtheie beingfnailsfl? or other:fasteningmeans passingfthrongh this band', through the sides of'thebox,y and into [the cleats or frames. 1 Instead of: theV band nailedplace as shown in FiglOfl may ernout of the metal ofthe bandjandvprojeeting laterally therefrom. Such a band as this could also beused, in a light form, for fasteny ing the pieces vof veneer together,instead of the stitching or wires. Y v

Instead of using a' flat metal band around the ends of the box, I mayemploy a Wire, such as indioatedat 20v in Fig. 12; this Wire being heldin place by staples 21 that extend through the veneer and into thecleats or frames.

I claim: l Y

1. A device comprising two Walls at an angle to each other made of aplurality oi' layers of veneer lying upon eaoh other with the graincrossed at an angle of approximately forty degrees and bent along a linethat approximately biseets such angle.

2. A box blank in the form of a panel made of strips of Veneer arrangededge to edge'and secured together, the panel having the libresCompressed to form a rounded groove extending across one side at anangle of about twenty degrees to the libres.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

ARMIN ELMENDORF.

